Research Project Title: An Economic Analysis of Groundnut Productivity Differentials in Saurashtra Region of Gujarat (2015-16).
• Demand based crop-specific information about the cropping needs need to be intensified • The institutional credit adjusted to the prevailing inflation levels should be seriously implemented to take care of the escalating cost of production. • A mobile application needs to be developed catering to such crop-specific and location specific packages.
Research Project Title: Total Factor Productivity of Major Crops and Contribution of Research Investment to Agricultural Growth in Gujarat (2016-17)
• Proper management of agronomical practices to keep low production cost and proper price incentive are needed in the current agricultural scenario, • To attain targeted agricultural growth, investments on agricultural research and extension education need to be increased at the rate of 5 per cent per annum to achieve an additional one per cent growth in TFP. Research Project Title: Export Performance of Marine Products from India (2018-19)
• To overcome price risk and instability, export stabilization fund needs to be created in the marine sector. Sustained focus need to be given on value added marine products, which in turn can lead to diversification in products as well as of markets. For expanding growth and reducing instability index in marine products, the exporters may be facilitated to enter into long term contracts with the international buyers. India’s maritime export policy needs to focus big on multilateral negotiations to check the disproportionate or biased use of SPS or TBT measures
Research Project Title: Spatial and temporal integration analysis and price discovery mechanism of major potato wholesale markets in Gujarat (2019-20)
• The benefits of market integration of potato wholesale markets in Gujarat can be harnessed to realize the producer surplus potential by strengthening the existing market information and dissemination infrastructure. The real-time market intelligence inputs, including that of price forecasting, should be made available throughout the potato supply chain either through training programmes or by hosting literature in public domain, thereby, enabling the producers to take proper production, storage and marketing related decisions.
Research Project Title: Changing Cost Structure and Total Factor Productivity Growth of Onion in Gujarat
• It is recommended to the scientific community that onion yield growth rate remained low about 0.46 per cent per annum during last three decades in Gujarat. As high increase in labour and seed prices, the negative growth in TFP (-1.01%) can be seen in production growth, hence RCP increased by 2.75 per cent per annum over FHP (2.35%). This indicates the needs of further improvement in technological breakthrough to increase productivity by evolving HYVs. Proper management of agronomical practices to keep low production cost and the proper price incentive to keep pace with other crops.
Research Project Title: Credit flow and its utilization behaviour among farmers in Saurashtra region, Gujarat
• It is recommended that lending agencies for agricultural credit also consider the localized factors of the share of cropping expenditure to total income, capital formation, landholding size, and income from crop production while risk rating the loan applications of farmers and making a priori distinction between potential defaulters and non-defaulters. Since a lack of awareness of loan products is a major constraint for farmers in accessing loans, steps may be taken to bring banking closer. This includes regularly organizing loan melas at taluka places, publishing literature on finance products, and providing separate queues or time slots for farmers to access commercial banks. Moreover, lending agencies are also recommended to enhance collaborations with agricultural institutions and rural development agencies to organize periodic training sessions on the better utilization of farm loans and the conversion of borrowed capital into assets. This, in turn, will go a long way toward deterring wilful defaults.
Research Project Title: Performance and determinants of Plant Varietal Protection (PVP) behaviour in Indian agriculture with special reference to Gujarat
• It is recommended that targeted sensitization drives through training and workshops be scaled up to increase the grassroots awareness of PVPFRA and enhance the registration of farmers’ varieties across the field and horticultural crops. Promoting location-specific hand-holding sessions for filing the applications of farmers will also address the imbalances in crop-wise and region-wise registrations. In addition, it is recommended that the applications under PVPFRA also be invited under PPP mode, whereby both public and private agencies would be enabled to share their infrastructure and technical knowledge, leading to the enhanced prospects of registration and commercialization of improved varieties or hybrid cultivars in such a way that a major share of the benefits of commerce also trickle down to the farming community in the form of reduced seed costs or a higher compensation stake in case of crop loss
Research Project Title: India’s balance of trade in agriculture with SAARC nations: An econometric analysis
• It is recommended that concerted efforts be put forth to enable India to assume the pivotal position of accelerating the inter-regional agricultural trade among SAARC nations to exceed 20 per cent by 2030. A trade performance of such scale is vital for India to harness the full potential of its comparative advantage in agricultural commodities. Besides, SAFTA should focus more on reducing the non-tariff barriers and logistical issues between the nations to improve overall farm trade volume and value. Efforts should also be on the anvil to leverage India’s performance in the SAARC bloc to its advantage in world trade forums.
Price forecast reports for kharif and rabi crops published in News papers (2023-24)
Sr. No.
Crop
Date of forecast
Forecasted price (Rs/20kg) and advice
News papers
1
Groundnut
20-10-2023 (at harvest)
1340 - 1480 (Price to remain firm, store & sell after Dec., 2023)
